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ReviewInternational journal of hematology2015

Regulation of myelopoiesis by the transcription factor IRF8.

Tomohiko Tamura, Daisuke Kurotaki, Shin-ichi Koizumi

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Review in International journal of hematology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 142 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomohiko TamuraDepartment of Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan, tamurat@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.
Daisuke Kurotaki
Shin-ichi Koizumi
Yokohama City University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferon regulatory factor-8 (IRF8) is a transcription factor expressed in hematopoietic cells, particularly in mononuclear phagocytes [monocytes/macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs)] and their progenitors. Various studies have demonstrated that IRF8 is essential for the development of monocytes, DCs, eosinophils, and basophils. Conversely, IRF8 suppresses the generation of neutrophils. Accordingly, Irf8 (-/-) mice develop immunodeficiency and a chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)-like disease. Mutations and loss of expression of the human IRF8 gene are also associated with immunodeficiency and CML, respectively. Recent findings have begun to reveal the transcription factor network and epigenetic changes governed by IRF8. For example, in mononuclear phagocyte progenitors, IRF8 cooperates with PU.1 to promote the formation of promoter-distal enhancers to induce monocyte-related genes including the critical downstream transcription factor gene Klf4. On the other hand, IRF8 blocks C/EBPα activity to suppress the neutrophil differentiation program. Indeed, Irf8 (-/-) mononuclear phagocyte progenitors fail to efficiently generate monocytes and DCs and, instead, aberrantly give rise to neutrophils. This article provides an overview of recent advances in our understanding of the role of IRF8 in myelopoiesis and related diseases.

Indexed as

MyelopoiesisAnimalsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, LeukemicHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansInterferon Regulatory Factor-8Interferon Regulatory FactorsKruppel-Like Factor 4Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveInterferon Regulatory Factor-8Interferon Regulatory FactorsKLF4 protein, humanKlf4 protein, mouseKruppel-Like Factor 4

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PMID25749660
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